Fun Animal Facts

Did you know?

• Only male lions have manes. The long, thick hair around their heads protects them during fights with other lions!
• An elephant's ears are shaped like the continent of Africa, which is where many elephants live.
• Snakes smell the air using their tongues.
• Some monkeys can swim, and even know how to catch fish!
• Giraffes "talk" to each other in subsonic voices humans can't hear.
• Flamingos are pink because of the food they eat--mostly algae, flies, and tiny shrimp.
• Every zebra has its own unique pattern of stripes--kind of like people have their own unique fingerprints.